meet halfway
Find middle ground
Meet halfway is to compromise by each party giving up something to reach agreement.
If you meet someone halfway, you concede part of your position while they concede part of theirs: I wanted to leave at noon and she wanted to leave at two, so we met halfway and left at one.
The phrase implies mutual accommodation rather than one-sided capitulation.
Symbol of reconciliation
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- detenteRelaxation of strained relations
- accordHarmony between parties
harmony · rapprochement · mending fences · burying the hatchet · making amends · forgiveness · understanding · goodwill
Yielding a point
- middle groundPosition between extremes
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
settlement · bargaining · accommodation · yielding · moderation · relenting · softening · backing down
Joint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- working togetherActing in concert
joint effort · shared responsibility · coordination · common ground · unity · alliance · give and take · participation
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
parley · deliberation · haggling · back-and-forth · counteroffers · terms · deal-making · roundtable
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Symbol of reconciliation
accord · harmony · rapprochement · mending fences · burying the hatchet · making amends · forgiveness · understanding · goodwill · reunion
concession
Yielding a point
- middle groundPosition between extremes
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
adjustment · settlement · bargaining · accommodation · yielding · moderation · relenting · softening · backing down · splitting the difference
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
working together · joint effort · shared responsibility · coordination · common ground · unity · alliance · give and take · participation · engagement
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
diplomacy · parley · deliberation · haggling · back-and-forth · counteroffers · terms · deal-making · roundtable · talks
- compromisecompromise, middle ground, give and take, give-and-take, common ground
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- pricingpricing, discount price, overpricing, discounts, overcharge
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
meet halfwaystand firm
Refuse to retreat
dig in one's heels · hold one's ground · stonewall · draw a line in the sand · double down
meet halfwaycapitulate
Yield under pressure
cave in · winner takes all · steamroll · fold · go for the jugular
meet halfwaystand one's ground
Refuse to back down
dig in one's heels · unconditional surrender · all or nothing · winner takes all · hold firm
meet, meeting, halfway, meets, halved, halves, halving, halfway house